Newsletter November 2009

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1 Village of Boston Heights Newsletter November 2009 Village Offices are open Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM [closed for lunch 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM] Village Office phone number: Office ELECTED OFFICIALS Mayor Bill Goncy 2009 Council 2010 Council Michael Cheung Frank Baxter Scott Foss Dawn Blakeney Jim Hudson Scott Foss Kevin Lightner Raymond McFall Janet Miller Janet Miller Teri Slane Don Polyak Clerk-Treasurer Carol Zeman DEPARTMENT HEADS Police Chief Joseph Varga Fire Chief and Road Superintendent Jim Robinson Clerk of Courts Maryann Bode

2 UPCOMING VILLAGE EVENTS Tea With Santa December 5, 2009, 1 to 5 PM [see details in attached flyer] December Council Meeting December 9, 2009, 8 PM Regular Council Agenda 2010 Council Sworn in by Judge Elinore Marsh Stormer Santa Delivery December 13, 2009, starts at noon bring wrapped and labeled packages to Village Hall by 4 PM December 10 for details call Maryann or Kathi at between 8 AM & 4 PM January Council Meeting

3 January 13, 2010, 8 PM Regular Council Agenda SCHEDULED MEETINGS All meetings listed below are open to the public and meet at Hall unless otherwise noted: Village COUNCIL [Regularly scheduled each second Wednesday of month]. FINANCIAL COMMITTEE [Regularly scheduled each fourth Tuesday of the month except December which is the third Tuesday]. The three member Standing Committees of Council: Safety 1 [Police], Safety 2 [Fire], Road, Property & Park, Cemetery, Planning & Zoning and Economic Development report & introduce legislation to Financial.. PLANNING COMMISSION & BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS [Regularly scheduled for the first Wed. of each month, as needed.] Each committee meets individually and the agenda is set beforehand. Agenda items must be submitted 15 days prior to the meeting date to the Village Clerk s office. Call to verify if a PC/BZA meeting is to be held. Council representative to both is the Chair of Planning & Zoning. FAIRVIEW CEMETERY ASSOCIATION meets first Mondays at 7 PM. The association also has monthly volunteer work sessions to maintain Fairview Cemetery in spring through fall seasons on Saturdays. Fairview Cemetery Trustees meet quarterly. Check with the Village Hall or the Mayor to learn of the next meeting date & time. COMPREHENSIVE ZONING PLAN COMMITTEE - meet on fourth Wednesdays of the month at 7:30 PM. PARK BOARD meet first Thursdays at 7 PM.

4 VILLAGE ENGINEER- will answer your engineering questions on the first Monday of the month from 5:30 PM on. Call to reserve an appointment. Next appointments, December 7, CALL V.HALL, TO VERIFY IF A MEETING IS TO BE HELD Mayor s Office ROUTE 8 UPDATE the southbound Rt. 8 temporary bypass road with ramps to and from the Ohio Turnpike allows for work to proceed on the permanent on & off ramps to mainline southbound Rt. 8. When mainline work is completed, the temporary bypass road will become the two way Dean Memorial Parkway. The Phase II completion date is June 2011 with most of the major work completed by late Fall Compacted dirt filling for the ramps to bridges for Hines Hill Road and Boston Mills Road is ongoing. KREJCI DUMP UPDATE has a projected completion date of September Cuyahoga Valley National Park officials have set aside approximately $266,000 from the contractor so that we may repave Hines Hill Road from Olde Eight to the Boston Township line. That amount was our engineer s 2008 cost estimate to repave the roadway. If all goes according to schedule, we should be able to repave yet in the Fall of The contractor in the meantime is responsible for maintaining traffic on Hines Hill Road and that means their patching as needed to maintain traffic ROADWAY RESURFACING Carron Paving has completed repaving areas on the following village roads: Rockwood Circle, Ledgeview Drive, Ianwood Circle, Meadowridge Way, Ridgemont Court, Norbury Drive, Colesbrooke Drive, Carlsfield Way and Wellington Court.

5 VILLAGE ENGINEER TO PROPOSE DRAINAGE REMEDIES Vicky McCauley to review ditch issues on Colesbrooke Drive, Olde Eight Road and other village roadways. Solutions are then presented to Council and to affected homeowners in a meeting. After agreement on the necessary repairs, estimated cost of repairs, funding source secured and contract placed out for bid, the work can be accomplished. Village Legislation Ordinances # Amended Traffic Fines and Court Costs Ordinance # to add a Section of Additional Traffic/Criminal costs & fees. # Amended the Permanent Annual Appropriations Ordinance # for the Village of Boston Heights, a change in the local government fund. # Authorized the Creation of Section Records Commission in the Codified Ordinances of the Village of Boston Heights under the Administrative Code Chapter Section of Public Records. # Provides for the Addition of Chapter 147 of the Administrative Code Section of the Codified Ordinances of the Village of Boston Heights Entitled Fairness In Village Employment. # Amended the Comprehensive Zoning Code of the Village of Boston Heights to Amend Chapter Off Street Parking Spaces and Parking Requirements.

6 # Amended Chapter 521 Entitled Health, Safety and Sanitation of the Codified Ordinances of the Village of Boston Heights. [Additional noxious or offensive odor restrictions.] Village Legislation Resolutions # Declared various items of Personal Property owned by the Village of Boston Heights No Longer Necessary for Municipal Purposes. # Approved the Quote of Carron Asphalt Paving for the Restoration of Various Areas of Village Roadways. # Accepted the Amounts and Rates As Determined by the Budget Commission and Authorizing the Necessary Tax Levies and Certifying Them to the County Fiscal Officer. # Authorized the Mayor of the Village of Boston Heights to Enter into an Employment Contract on Behalf of the Village of Boston Heights, with Vicky McCauley for the Position of Part-Time Engineering Consultant. The Period of Employment Through December 31, # Amended Resolution Regarding the Quote of Carron Asphalt Paving for the Restoration of Various Areas of Village Roadways. [ Additional work on Rockwood Circle.]

7 Motions Approved over three months: Financial Statements for July 2009, August 2009, and September Also approved twenty hours for transport of vehicles for Fire Department Maintenance.